Miami Herald
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Miami Herald Food Editor Virginia Heffington
Today’s Miami food book research includes Miami Herald food editor and Iowa State home ec journalism major Virginia Heffington. Here is one of my earlier posts about Virginia. Here is a reference to her work about icebox desserts.
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Miami Food Editor Jeanne Voltz
I have been working on a book manuscript about Miami food history. Today I am working on Miami food editors, including Jeanne Voltz. She was the food editor at the Miami Herald in the 1950s before moving on to the L.A. Times.
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FHS Meeting Talk About Miami Food Editors
Spoke about Miami Food Editors at the Florida Historical Society Annual Meeting in Orlando today. It is part of my research project about Miami food history that I will be working on this summer.
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Gulfport Talk: Florida Women in the 1950s & 1960s
I am looking forward to speaking at the Gulfport Historical Society about the Florida women I study – including several in the photo above. This image from the Miami Herald in the 1950s includes Dorothy Jurney, Marie Anderson and Roberta Applegate.
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New Image of Dorothy Jurney & Marie Anderson
Jeanne Voltz was kind enough to share this great 1959 image of Miami Herald women’s page editors Dorothy Jurney and Marie Anderson. Jeanne’s mother was the food editor at the Herald in the 1950s. Dorothy Jurney was the women’s page editor at the Miami Herald in the 1950s, with Marie Anderson as her assistant. When Dorothy moved on the Detroit Free Press in the 1950s, Marie became the editor. Under her leadership, the women’s page section was retired from the Penney Missouri Awards – the top recognition for the pages – because it won so many times.
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Women’s History Month: Janet Chusmir
Day 31 of Women’s History Month features the Miami Herald’s Janet Chusmir. She went from women’s page editor to executive editor. For years, women in newspaper management had few role models. If they were mentored it was by a man. Many of these managers were hard-hitting, tough-talking men. Those first female leaders rarely had families – there was no career path. Then came Janet Chusmir. She was the exception. After earning a journalism degree and raising a family, she entered the workforce. After a few years as a reporter, she rose through the ranks to become the executive editor of the Miami Herald. She achieved success before dying suddenly of…
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